Mister Miracle #8 is yet another home run for King and Gerads. It seems simple, yet there are so many layers to it. Mister Miracle is one of the, if not the, best comics being published right now. These two creators have reached a level of storytelling sympatico that is rare to see. They use the comic medium perfectly to tell their story, with the words and the pictures working together in ways that are both overt and subtle. Mister Miracle is a storytelling tour de force and #8 keeps that going, while even perhaps surpassing the greatness that has come before. Read Full Review

putting on a clinic. I just hope the extra month that we have to wait for Mister Miracle #9 is worth it. Read Full Review

King and Gerad's Mister Miracle is one of finest books in DC's lineup, and that's saying something given the high quality of titles DC has been producing since the Rebirth relaunch. Mister Miracle goes to the very top of my to-read pile whenever a new issue comes out. Read Full Review

I couldn't think of any other rating for this issue due to the fact that it was the first comic book to ever make me shed a tear. Mister Miracle is one of the most emotional series out right now with about every other issue being absolutely heartbreaking, and the other issues are action-packed adventures starring the most adorable comic couple ever known. I recommend Mister Miracle for anyone looking for an emotional read, and any fans of the creative team. Read Full Review

An emotional read from beginning to end with just enough humor to maintain the pace accompanied by consistently excellent artwork. Read Full Review

Any writer or editor who says it's hard to write comics about married people, or parents, just needs to read this issue. It's not hard at all. And it can be brilliant. Read Full Review

My final thought for this issue is that it is a must read for any DC fan. Between the writing and the art, this limited series has been an absolute gem! I advise anyone who hasn't read issues 1 through 7 to do so immediately. The brilliance of this issue is built on the story as a whole, and should be enjoyed with the other 7 issues. Read Full Review

Once again, I encourage any and all comic fans to read this run of Mister Miracle. Give me the unappreciated free time of college and a new Adderall prescription and I could probably write a Master's thesis on the merits of this book. Secretly, I really hope someone out there is. Read Full Review

Whether I am right or wrong, I really dont even care. This is a truly wonderful book, brilliant in both art and story. Read Full Review

This storytelling team has an amazing knack for dialling down into the humanity of these hardened warriors, while firmly ensconcing this tale as a New Gods story. Mister Miracle #8 excels at showcasing the insane adjustment that is having a newborn, the harrowing nature of war, and has some giggles spread throughout. This is comic-booking at its absolute finest, folks, and dont forget: Batman kills babies. Read Full Review

Babies Killed By Batman Mister Miracle continues to deliver. As soon as you think it's as good as it can be, it gets better. It is among the most fun, original, touching and beautiful books gracing stands and you should be part of it while it happens.  Read Full Review

The team of Tom King and Mitch Gerads (or “King” Gerads) are the new cleaners for DC comics. A ‘cleaner' is a creative team that can take a character that's not so popular and build their mythos to becoming a household name. These issues of Mister Miracle are going to be a blueprint for how to rebrand a character with incredible stories, homages, and fresh ideas. Read Full Review

I have no idea where it's going, but I'm anxious to see what happens next. Read Full Review

Mister Miracle is the #1 must-buy comic right now, of any genre, and any publisher. I can't wait for this series to end, so that I can re-read it in its entirety and experience the anxiety all over again. Read Full Review

Were on the back end of whats been a bizarre, unusual and memorable ride. King still isnt ready to tip his hand yet for the big payoff, but as long as the issues remain this enjoyable, Im solidly hooked. Read Full Review

Only four more issue is left for DC comics hit series! Tom King and Mitch Gerads work of art has truly come out of nowhere and hit it right out of the park. The sad thing about all this is that it's only 12 issues long, but I guess most great things must come to an end sooner or later. It'll only keep getter better from here. Also, Scott Free's shirts are amazing, keep your eyes peeled on seeing his amazing shirts. Read Full Review

Gerads and King work together harmoniously to continue producing one of the best series in DC's arsenal. It's clear that the two of them have a shared vision as well as themes and experiences that they want to explore. Their style can only be a comic book; the images inform the way the words are interpreted and vice versa. One without the other wouldn't give the same message. Therein lies the success of this issue. Mister Miracle is a story that can be told in the pages of a comic book. Read Full Review

Gritty, beautiful, realistic and powerful, Mister Miracle is still garnering much-earned attention. Read Full Review

Whilst warring on the planet Apokolips, Scott Free, Mister Miracle, must simultaneously wage a domestic war of sorts as he deals with splitting his time between being a father and the Highfather of New Genesis. This story, at first glance, is simple, but I assure you that what is lurking just beneath the surface of this issue is quite complex. Read Full Review

Mister Miracle continues to be an utter delight in what it does. It's engaging as it teases out the story and delves deep into the character, touching on interesting areas and providing a great connection to the past through the future with their son, quite the little king of a character. Read Full Review

This is the kind of comic book creativity that appeals to the mature comic book fan " not that the younger set won't read and love this series; they will. But for readers who have been reading comics for decades; for those who have families and/or are having and raising families right now, the experiences detailed in the endearing relationship between Scott Free and Big Barda are designed to make folks who are married with children feel like the heroic gods they sometimes have to be. Read Full Review

A baby makes three! Mister Miracle has gotten even better as the juxtaposition of Fourth World mind-boggletry and normal, Earth-bound baby raising is both hilarious and touching. Read Full Review

Mister Miracle #8 felt like an extension of the last issue, which hasn't been the case for this series up until this point. Still, that featured a lot of great moments spread throughout. Read Full Review

While still a solid issue, Mister Miracle #8 is a step back from last month's more complete chapter. Read Full Review

After last issues big reveal (Lump!), it's back to mundane tasks mixed with young milestones mixed with war. Scott is feeling the pull of being Highfather and a father and I'm getting pretty tired of it all. I know that all those reviews above me will go on about how perfect this is and while I would like to sit at the cool table, I feel like I am being led on a road to nowhere. I hope I'm wrong. Read Full Review

Batman kills babies.

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TheImageIsStrong - Apr 21, 2018

Excellent review of one of the best series out at the moment! A 10 is right!

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Poignant. Sincere. Relatable. Brilliant. Any slight ding I would give to this issue for the disorientation that occasionally took me out of the book (which is also kind of the point of the whole series) is made up for by Gerads' amazing art, particularly the colors. The battlefield is so gorgeously composed that I lingered on pages long after I should have. This series has not lost any steam!
PS: Three words about Batman will never leave my mind after this issue lol.

The best comic on shelves continues to be mind-blowing.

Got a particular lullaby stuck in my head all day. 10/10 would sing again

What the heck is going on in this series?!? No way none of this is real. Man, I hope Tom King sticks the landing on this one cause if he does this is about as close to a masterpiece there is in my opinion.

This issue was surreal in every sense of the word.

Welcome to the Oblivion Bar where the first round is on me and the pretzels are free! Be warned: like the pickled eggs at the bar, this issue is going to get SPOILED rotten.

Normally, I like to give a rundown of what happened but in all honesty, we can probably explain that REAL quick. We simply look at Scott and Barda juggling the war on Apokolips with being parents. The end.

On one page you have Scott fighting HARD in the front lines leading his troops to war and the other he’s on earth. Sometimes he’s barely succeeding in battle and others he’s taking his son to the park. Scott’s on one page getting broken limbs and the crap kicked out of him and then the next page, you see him at home with baby Jack and their nanny Funky Flashman ( Stan lee) landing food in the “hangar bay ”.

As much as I describe this story hopping around, you would think I don’t like it. But I honestly love it. I love the mystery of trying to figure out what’s going on. And we all know something is not right.

I also love the discussion this comic draws. The theories and ideas that people have are amazing. Everyone assumes Scott’s trapped but is he trapped by Granny Goodness? Is he battling the anti-life equation? Is he trying to escape his life of marriage and family? Does the lump have him? Is he trapped with depression?

After my latest discussion with my friend Bat Brad in the Oblivion Bar, which if you love talking comics and respect people’s opinions we’d love to have ya, he mentioned a very unique and interesting idea. He said that we aren’t given the timeline for this story. The story began with Scott battling depression and attempting suicide. But what if those first issues were actually the end of the story?

What if we are seeing the beginning of the story right now with the birth of Jack and the beginning of the war? What if something happens to there baby and Scott can’t handle it? Maybe he attempts suicide to escape his feelings, his de more

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Dispatchdcu - Apr 18, 2018

Maybe he attempts suicide to escape his feelings, his depression, and this entire arc is showing Mister Miracle trying to escape the loss of his child? Being a father of 3 now, I don’t know what I would do without my family and my children. And I don’t know much about a lot of things. But what I do know is that their are certain things in life that you just can’t escape. Ultimately, I feel like that is the main idea of this entire story that King is writing. How do you escape the inescapable?

Dispatchdcu - Apr 18, 2018

Can the person that can escape EVERYTHING escape loss and depression? And who knows if I’m right or Bat Brad, or any of us. But what makes this comic so dang good is what thought provoking questions it guides us too. If you are looking for straight answers with a beginning, middle, and end, this book ain’t for you and you truly shouldn’t read it. If your interested in a great comic and life discussion while enjoying some really cool art and comic characters, this book is totally for you.

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And if it’s not for you, you cares cause I know it’s for me! If you like what you heard, love talking all types of comics, and are interested in joining a comic chat group, hit me up at dispatchdcu@gmail.com or @dispatchdcu on twitter. Catch you all later! Peace

Dispatchdcu - Apr 19, 2018

You can certainly put it up as a second opinion.

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"Hush little baby, don't say a word.
Daddy's going to buy you a mocking bird.
And if that mocking bird wont sing... Daddy's going to buy you a GODDAMN diamond ring."

DAMN.

Oh god please let Scott be fine.

Surprisingly, just OK.

Batman kills babies.

I find myself not wanting to argue with Weird Science - Jim Werner's sentiments. But this insta..ment is still better than other books this week so going to give it a better rating.

Where is this going? No idea. King just keeps delivering the new parents' life of mythological creatures and I just don't care about any of this. I'll read the rest only because I wanna know how this ends but man if this was read as single issues, I would have quit caring and dropped it. Mitch Gerards is a great artist and he shows great mix in his art and especially his coloring.

Adds absolutely nothing of consequence to the story. The art is good as always but that is no longer enough to justify throwing heaps of praise on it. I wish this series would stay consistent with its pace, honestly.

I really truly get the appeal of what this issue has in it. Showing how quickly time flies with a kid, especially when your attention is divided, and imagine how much more difficult it is for Scott and Barda, fighting a literal war while their kid is at home. But there needs to be more than that. I really liked the last issue because it managed to have an engaging plot while furthering the story in a clear direction, I mean they’re having a kid for crying out loud. I guess you could argue that this furthers the story by showing how their kid grows but really what does that add to the overarching plot?

If you are one of those people who has been giving this 9s or 10s every issue (I personally believe none of the issues except the first were that good) I would ask you to stop for a second and ask yourself “what is really going on in this series?” I’m not talking about the obvious issue of is Scott alive/dead, what’s real or what isn’t, I’m asking do we really know where we are story-wise? What is this issue doing to get us somewhere? Not much. If the argument is “oh it’s showing his kid grow and look how much time has passed and how stressed it is being a parent” that doesn’t cut it, that could be done in half the length of this issue. Overall disappointing. more

Obviously most are still loving this. For me, it’s getting stale and trying too hard.